Flávia Monteiro
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Flávia Monteiro
@flaviamonteiro.bsky.social
Brazilian writer based in Miami, FL.
This flash by Helen Collins Sitler completely floored me.

www.short-reads.org/i-want-a-do-...
I Want a Do-Over
by Helen Collins Sitler | The limits of change.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Reposted by Flávia Monteiro
“I can only take so many apologies, she often said. Once I give up on a person, there’s no turning back.” (@flaviamonteiro.bsky.social)

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If My Mom Was So Angry Around Me, I Must Have Been the Reason - Electric Literature
“Queen Bee” by Flavia R. Montiero
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August 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
And so I find out (slightly late as a perfect Latina/Miamera) that my work was longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 😱💀

Thank you @havehashad.com for publishing it and @wigleaf.bsky.social for finding it <3
5 on the longlist a pretty good showing

💀💀💀💀💀

congrats Jordan Gisselbrecht, Taylor Hebert, @memi-writes.bsky.social‬, Sam Milligan, & @flaviamonteiro.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I wrote a funny essay, but don't trust me: there will be evil mom and there will be heartbreak.

Out today in Shenandoah ✨
www.shenandoahliterary.org/74-1-2/this-...
This Is My Face When You Won’t Stop Talking
I let go of the handle and slowly turned my head back at Pedro, to find thick melancholy already pouring out of his mouth in the form of a teenage love tale. What kind of person would interrupt a poor...
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June 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
So honored to see my lil crab essay included in this week's roundup 🦀

(Also stunned by another essay on the list: In the Deepest of Night, by @judybf.bsky.social)
March 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I have four short pieces out this month about my mother's micro-abuses. This one, up in Fatal Flaw, is probably the most heartbreaking of them.

www.fatalflawlit.com/essay-pieces...
February 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The poet in disguise did it again. @sgpoet.bsky.social's new chapbook is stunning 🐅
January 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Thrilled to be one of the 2025 Periplus fellows 🤸🏽‍♀️
January 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM